| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/17/70 |
| Title | James Edward Smith, Hall Place, near Maidenhead, [Berkshire], to William Roscoe, Allerton Hall, near Liverpool, [Lancashire] |
| Description | Replies to Roscoe's letter of 21 April. At Sir William and Lady East's, amidst "vast avenues of limes, beech woods, abounding with rare 'Orchideae', & a most beautiful surrounding country" to escape London; searching for 'Monotropa hypopitys' in woods near Bisham Abbey, comments on history of that place. Thanks for Roscoe's kindness to his friend John Fraser [(c 1750-1811), botanist], although Fraser did not give the 'Cryptogamic' plant Roscoe sent with him. Recently sent packet of seeds to [John] Shepherd [(c 1764-1836, curator Liverpool Botanic Garden]. Anxious about his brother-in-law, Mr Martin, but not in despair.
Presumes Roscoe's proposed botanic paper will be about natural systems, particularly Jussieu's. Recently received letter from Jussieu, a "very worthy amiable character", though he called the Linnaean system "léze nature". The fashion in the "Banksian circle" is to sneer at Jussieu, [Richard] Salisbury goes but is in much less esteem than he was.
Has just published his "Hafod tour", limited to 100 copies. Has undertaken to finish a "Flora of Britain" in English as soon as possible, to cover the first 23 classes, with a possible separate Cryptogamic volume when "Flora Britannica" is finished. Also contemplating his long projected work on garden plants. New edition of "Hortus Kewensis" printing, Roscoe is "copied implicitly & avowedly" on 'Scitamineae'. Hopes Roscoe agrees with him on spelling of "Linnaeus", for which he cites last "Monthly Magazines", Jussieu, and the French writers. Saw Mr Currie in London. |
| Date | 12 Jun 1810 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | For Roscoe's letter of 21 April 1810, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/17/69.
Roscoe, W. "On artificial and natural arrangement of plants and particularly on the systems of Linnaeus and Jussieu." Read 6 & 20/11, 4 & 18/12/1810 and 15/1/1811.
Roscoe, W, 'On Artificial and Natural Arrangements of Plants: and particularly on the Systems of Linnaeus and Jussieu', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1813 11(1), pp.50-78.
Smith, J E, (1810). "A tour to Hafod, in Cardiganshire ..." London: White.
Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis.
Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, and Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman.
Aiton, W, and Aiton, W T, (1810-1813). "Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. By the late William Aiton. The second edition enlarged by William Townsend Aiton." London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 2nd ed.
Roscoe, W, 'A New Arrangement of the Plants of the Monandrian Class usually called Scitamineae', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1807 8(1), pp.330-357. |
| Publn_Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.341-343. |
| PrevRefNo | 17.141 |
| Finding_Aids | Dawson, W R (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
| Creator Name | Smith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828) |
| Access_Status | Open |